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Marathon players sell boss kills on eBay; Bungie bans exploiter

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Players of the game Marathon are offering paid services on eBay to defeat the game's most challenging boss, the Compiler. These services range from $125 for just the kill to $400 for multiple kills and rare in-game items. This practice has led to at least one listing being removed from eBay, and Bungie, the game's developer, has not yet commented on whether these boosting services violate their terms of service. Separately, a player was banned for a month for exploiting a bug in the game's Cryo Archive, which they admitted was a mistake. AI

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Marathon players sell boss kills on eBay; Bungie bans exploiter

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COVERAGE [2]

  1. 404 Media TIER_1 English(EN) · Joseph Cox ·

    People Are Selling Kills of Marathon’s Hardest Boss on eBay

    The Compiler takes a serious amount of time, skill, and luck to get to. Someone on eBay is selling an easy fix.

  2. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    🎮 Marathon Player Gets Banned For A Month After Taking Griefing To New Heights: ‘I Made A Mistake And Did Something F*cked Up’ Bungie dishes out punishment for

    🎮 Marathon Player Gets Banned For A Month After Taking Griefing To New Heights: ‘I Made A Mistake And Did Something F*cked Up’ Bungie dishes out punishment for viral Cryo Archive raid exploit 📰 Source: Kotaku 🔗 Link: https://kotaku.com/marathon-player-gets-banned-for-a-month-afte…

    LINKS kotaku.com/marathon-player-gets-banned-fo…

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